Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Aixin Jueluo, Yixuan (奕詝) (1831-1861), was the fourth son of the Daoguang Emperor. Yi Xuan was the 7th emperor of the Qing Dynasty after entering the Customs, and the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty to succeed to the throne through secret reserves. The Daoguang Emperor died of illness on February 29, 1851, and Yi Xuan succeeded to the throne as the Xianfeng Emperor. He ascended the throne at the age of 20 and reigned for 11 years at the age of 31. The year name Xianfeng, "salty" is all universal meanings, "abundance" is the meaning of abundance and abundance, and "Xianfeng" is the meaning of all people in the world. However, during his reign, internal and external troubles followed, natural and man-made disasters continued to occur, and there was not a single day of stability, which was called the son of the son of bitter fate.
The Xianfeng Emperor played by Leung Ka Fai
The Xianfeng Emperor Ren Xian, in an attempt to revive the Gangji, reused the Han bureaucrat Zeng Guofan, and relied on the Han landlords trained and commanded by him to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist army uprising. Promote SuShun, who dares to take up his duties, and support Sushun and others in eliminating maladministration. At the same time, Mu Zhang'a, who had served as a military minister of the Daoguang Dynasty for more than 20 years and was greedy and unscrupulous, executed Qi Ying, a surrenderist official who presided over the peace in the First Opium War. He also relied on the Xiang army to suppress the further expansion of the Taiping Rebellion. However, in the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), Britain and France launched the Second Opium War against China, and the Xianfeng Emperor sometimes ordered the army to resist, sometimes to make the army retreat, sometimes to fight, sometimes to make peace, indecisive, and signed a series of unequal treaties, which further plunged China into the abyss of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
In July of the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), the Xianfeng Emperor fell ill and died in Rehe. Here are the big events that happened during his reign:
In the first month of the 30th year of Daoguang (1850 Gengcheng), the Daoguang Emperor was seriously ill, and summoned Zaiquan, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Senggelinqin, Mu Zhang'a, Sai Shang'a, Wenqing, etc., to open the secret box and declare the imperial book that "the fourth son of the emperor is established as the crown prince, and the sixth son of the emperor, Yi Bi, is made prince Gong". The Daoguang Emperor died. Crown Prince Yixuan was the emperor, and the next year was the first year of Xianfeng. Emperor Feng's seventh brother YiZhen (奕譞) was made the King of Alcohol County. In December, Hong Xiuquan rebelled in Jintian, Guangxi.
In the first year of Xianfeng (Xinhai, 1851), in February, the Taiping Army conquered Nanjing, which was designated as the capital and renamed Tianjing. In August, he entered the palace with the title of Lan Guiren., the Henara clan (later Empress Dowager Cixi).
In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), in February, he was made a concubine of the Niuhulu clan (later Empress Dowager Ci'an), the daughter of Muyang'a of Youjiang Province, Guangxi.
In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), in January, Zeng Guofan, a resident attendant, assisted in the Hunan regimental training, which was the beginning of the Xiang Army. In August, the Shanghai Knife Society revolted. British Consul in Shanghai Ali tu, with the consent of the American envoy Marsal, announced that the Shanghai Customs would be requisitioned by the British and American consuls. In October, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Army arrived at the town of Zhangdeng, and the Beijing Division was horrified. In the same year, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom promulgated the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System".
In the fourth year of Xianfeng (Jiabin, 1854), in February, the regiment run by Zeng Guofan trained the Xiang Army, gathered in Xiangtan, and issued the "Discussion of Cantonese Bandits" to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. In November, the Jinlan nobleman Yehenara was made a concubine. In March, the fifth son of the Emperor, Yi Xie, repeatedly dismissed all his duties and ordered him to return to his study to study. Gurudwara.
In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), in February, the Xilin Teaching Case occurred, and France used this as an excuse to launch the Second Opium War with the British. In August, infighting broke out among the Taiping Army, and Wei Changhui killed Yang Xiuqing and others. In September, the British created the Achipéric incident. Attacked Guangzhou and provoked the Second Opium War.
In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857 Ding Wei) In November, the British and French troops invaded Guangzhou.
In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), in April, the British and French forces captured the Tianjin Dagu Fort. In June, Guiliang and Hua Shana signed the unequal "Tianjin Treaty" with Britain, France, the United States, and Russia.
Xianfeng Decade (1860 Gengshen) In June, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beilian. In July, Senggelinqin retreated to Tongzhou and fought fiercely with the British and French forces at bali bridge, and the British army captured Tianjin. In August, the Xianfeng Emperor and his empress dowager Emperor Canghuang fled to the summer resort, and ordered Prince Gong Yishi to be the minister of Chincha to handle the situation. The British and French troops entered Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan. In September, Prince Yi bisong retreated to Tianjin because of the Anglo-French army. Signed the Treaty of Beijing, which was unequal between China and Britain, China and France, and between China and Russia. In December, the Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Office was set up, and Yi Bi, Gui Liang, and Wen Xiang were sent to manage and handle diplomatic involvement.
In the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), in July, the Xianfeng Emperor was critically ill, proclaimed Zaichun the crown prince, and ordered Sushun and eight other ministers to praise the government affairs, and then died of illness. Next year is set for the first year of Qi Xiang. In September, Cixi joined forces with Yi Bi to stage a coup d'état and bring down the Eight Ministers. In October, Prince Gong yishi was made minister of parliament and walked on the military aircraft. The edict changed the era name qixiang to Tongzhi. Zaichun Imperial Taihe Hall is the emperor's throne, with the next year as the first year of Tongzhi. In November, the empress dowager of the two palaces bowed to the government.
